While Pargev Saghatelyan, the mayor of the community of Talarik in Armenia’s Armavir Province, says he’s resigning after nineteen years because of worsening health, it appears that the real reason is because he’s being investigated.
The “Arzni” waters plant in the Byureghavan community of the Kotayk Marz has become a headache for “Anelik Bank” CJSC (now ID Bank, renamed after rebranding). The new shareholder of the bank has suddenly found himself in a predicament where the sole hope for its resolution is the impartiality of the new government and the judicial system.
Residents of the village of Haghartzin yesterday attacked four environmentalists who’ve been patrolling the nearby Dilijan National Park to prevent illegal logging.
One of the largest tailing dumps in Armenia is only 800 meters from the Yerevan-Meghri highway, passing through Kapan, the provincial capital of Syunik.
Vanetsyan told Hetq that the NSS has amassed a large amount of new evidence regarding the illegally acquired finances of certain officials and that their names will be announced in the near future.